II. It was announced in advance that during the "many days" of Israel's apostasy, and consequent banishment from the land, they "_shall abide without a king and without a prince_," _i.e._, without the true Davidic king of God's appointment, and without a prince of their own choice, as Jewish commentators have themselves explained, until "the latter days," when restored and converted they shall find in their Messiah the true David, both their King and Prince.[25] III. The only place on earth where a _throne of David_ can have any legitimate place, either in the sight of God or of man, is on _Mount Zion in Jerusalem_, and it is an absurdity to speak of the continuity of a Davidic throne in England. Thank God that the right of the British Sovereign to his illustrious throne rests on a firmer basis than the fictitious genealogies made out by Anglo-Israelites. IV. The same Scriptures, which speak of the perpetuity of the Davidic seed and _throne_, speak also of the unceasing continuance of _the priesthood_. "_Thus saith Jehovah, David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the House of Israel; neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before Me to offer burnt-offerings and to burn oblations, and to do sacrifice continually.... Thus saith the Lord: If ye can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season; then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, My ministers_" (Jer. xxxiii. 17, 20, 21). Now it would be quite as logical to argue that the ministers of the Church of England must be the lineal descendants of the Levites, else God's promise of the continuance of the priesthood has failed, as to argue from these same Scriptures that there must be somewhere now on earth a throne of David, or else these prophecies have proved false. The truth is that neither have God's promises in reference to the throne nor to the priesthood failed--for Christ is, in His blessed Person, the Prophet, Priest, and King. He is all this now at the right hand of God, for not only are all the essentials of the Aaronic priesthood fulfilled in Him, but He is "a priest _for ever_ after the order of Melchizedek"; and when He is manifested again on earth to take up His throne and reign, "_He shall be a priest upon His throne_, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."[26] Note IV. THE SO-CALLED HISTORIC PROOFS OF ANGLO-ISRAELISM. I have stated on page 10 that the so-called Historic Proofs of Anglo-Israelism, by which the theory is supported, are derived from pagan myths and fables. Let the following suffice as a sample:-- "To accomplish this" (_i.e._, that the seed of Abraham should inherit the isles of the west) "some were sent to take possession of the islands long before."